The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a significant change affecting almost one million Medicare beneficiaries. Due to findings following a 2023 data breach, Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) numbers will be changing in mid-October...
Some Medicare beneficiaries may be contacted as part of an ongoing study called the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS). The federal government contracts with the University of Chicago, a respected social science research organization, to conduct the study...
HHS-OIG is alerting the public about a fraud scheme involving monthly billing for remote patient monitoring (RPM) that involves signing up #Medicare enrollees for RPM. Read more: https://direc.to/fgBB This fraud scheme involves unsolicited contact to set up monthly...
IMPORTANT NOTICE: CMS learned of a MAXIMUS breach effecting 407,000 beneficiaries. Impacted beneficiaries will be issued a new Medicare number accompanied by a letter. (View HERE) The letter asks beneficiaries to: begin using the new Medicare number on December...
By Frank Diamond Dec 15, 2022 03:50pm; Fiercehealthcare.com The owner of a genetic testing lab was convicted Dec. 14 in a scheme that involved calling Medicare recipients and telling them that they were covered for expensive tests. (Pixaby) In a development in what’s...
By Bernadette Hogan November 8, 2021 10:26am Updated Gov. Kathy Hochul is poised to sign a pair of bills Monday that will require phone companies to block and screen unwanted calls, The Post has learned. “New Yorkers are fed up with annoying, predatory robocalls, and...
